John 5:1--10:42
a pool <2861> [market. or, gate.]
a pool <2861> [pool.]
Bethzatha <964> [Bethesda.]
The supposed remains of the pool of Bethesda are situated on the east of Jerusalem, contiguous on one side to St. Stephen's gate, and on the other to the area of the temple. Maundrell states that, "it is 120 paces long, and forty broad, and at least eight deep, but void of water. At its west end it discovers some old arches, now damned up. These some will have to be porches, in which sat that multitude of lame, halt, and blind. But it is not likely, for instead of five, there are but three."
blind <5185> [of blind.]
paralyzed <3584> [withered.]
<1551> [waiting.]
<3767> [whosoever.]
The sanative property of this pool has been supposed by some to have been communicated by the blood of the sacrifices, and others have referred it to the mineral properties of the waters. But, 1. The beasts for sacrifice were not washed here, but in a laver in the temple. 2. No natural property could cure all manner of diseases. 3. The cure only extended to the first who entered. 4. It took place only at one particular time. 5. As the healing was effected by immersion, it must have been instantaneous; and it was never failing in it effects. All which, not being observed in medicinal waters, determine the cures to have been miraculous, as expressly stated in the text.
<4413> [first.]
<1096> [was made.]
thirty-eight <5144> [thirty.]
and .... realized <2532 1097> [and knew.]
Do you want <2309> [Wilt.]
I have <2192> [I have.]
before <4253> [before.]
Immediately <2112> [immediately.]
and ....... and .... Now <2532 1161 1722> [and on.]
you are not permitted <2076 1832 3756> [it is not.]
Who <5101> [What.]
who had been healed <2390> [he that.]
had slipped out <1593> [had.]
a crowd <3793 5607> [a multitude being. or, from the multitude that was.]
at ... temple <1722 2411> [in the.]
sin <264> [sin.]
<3363> [lest.]
<3588> [which.]
began persecuting <1377> [persecute.]
My <3450> [My.]
Jewish leaders <2453> [the Jews.]
was he breaking <3089> [broken.]
God his own ........ God <2316 2398> [God was.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
Son ....................... Son <5207> [The Son.]
For <1063> [for.]
[Compare.]
[with.]
[with.]
<2532> [and.]
[with.]
<2532> [and.]
[with.]
[with.]
[with.]
[with.]
Father <3962> [the Father.]
and shows ...... and will show <2532 1166> [and sheweth.]
<3187> [greater.]
just as <5618> [as.]
and ...... also <2532> [even.]
all people will honor ...... they honor ....... does ... honor .... does ... honor <3956 5091> [all men.]
will honor ...... they honor ....... does ... honor .... does ... honor <5091> [He that.]
hears <191> [He that.]
and ........... and will not be condemned <2532 2064 3756> [and shall not.]
but <235> [but.]
a time <5610> [The hour.]
when <3753> [when.]
has life .......... to have life <2192 2222> [hath life.]
has ...... he has granted .... to have <2192 2532 1325> [so hath.]
he has granted <1325> [hath.]
because <3754> [because.]
Son <5207> [the Son.]
This appears to be a direct reference to Da 7:13, which the Jews interpret of the Messiah.
Do ... be amazed <2296> [Marvel.]
because <3754> [for.]
come out <1607> [come.]
who have done .... good <18 4160> [done good.]
can <1410> [can.]
I judge <2919> [I judge.]
because <3754> [because.]
another <243 2076> [is another.]
and I know <2532 1492> [and I.]
have sent <649> [sent.]
he has testified <3140> [he.]
I do ... accept <1473 2983> [I receive.]
so that <2443> [that.]
<2258> [was.]
and ... and you <2532 1161 5210> [and ye.]
deeds ........... deeds <2041> [the works.]
has ... testified <3140> [borne.]
[See on]
You ... have ... heard <191> [Ye have.]
do you have <2192> [ye have.]
because <3754> [for.]
You study <2045> [Search.]
you think <5210 1380> [ye think.]
these ..... testify <1565 1526 3140> [they which.]
[See on]
you are not willing <2309 3756> [ye will not.]
so that <2443> [that.]
I know <1097> [I know.]
that <3754> [that.]
have come ............... comes <2064> [come.]
If <1437> [if.]
can <1410> [can.]
accept <2983> [which.]
and <2532> [and.]
<2076> [there.]
in <1519> [in.]
you believed ... you would believe <4100> [had.]
because <1063> [for.]
this <5023> [A.M. 4036. A.D. 32. these.]
Sea ....... Sea of Tiberias <2281 5085> [the sea.]
Sea of Tiberias <5085> [which.]
saw <2300> [saw.]
Where can <4159> [Whence.]
to test <3985> [prove.]
Two hundred <1250> [Two.]
This sum, rating the denarius at 7 «d., would amount to 6œ. 5s.: or, reckoning the denarius, with some at 7 3/4d., it would amount to 6œ. 9s. 2d. of our money; which appears to have been more than our Lord and all his disciples were worth of this world's goods.
silver coins <1220> [pennyworth.]
Andrew <406> [Andrew.]
who <3739> [which.]
barley <2916> [barley.]
but <235> [but.]
Have <4160> [Make.]
Now <1161> [Now.]
No wonder, since it was the spring, being near the passover; and, from the plenty of grass, it would be a place much more suitable to the purpose. This circumstance, says Dr. Paley, is plainly the remark of an eye-witness.
had given thanks <2168> [when.]
they were ... satisfied <1705> [they.]
<3363> [that nothing.]
and filled <2532 1072> [and filled.]
that <3754> [This.]
knew <1097> [perceived.]
seize ... by force <726> [take.]
withdrew <402> [he departed.]
started ............... had .... come <2064> [and went.]
when ... had rowed <1643> [had rowed.]
miles <4712> [furlongs.]
walking <4043> [walking.]
It is I <1510> [It is.]
they wanted <2309> [they willingly.]
but <235> [but.]
came to shore <2064> [there.]
Tiberias <5085> [Tiberias.]
Tiberias was a celebrated city of Galilee, on the western shore of the lake to which it gave name, so called because built by Herod Agrippa in honour of the emperor Tiberius; distant 30 furlongs from Hippos, 60 from Gadara, 120 from Scythopolis, and 30 from Tarichea. It is still called Tabaria, or Tabbareeah, by the natives, is situated close to the edge of the lake, has tolerably high but ill-built walls on three of its sides, flanked with circular towers, and is of nearly a quadrangular form, according to Pococke, containing a population estimated at from 2,000 to 4,000 souls.
where <3699> [where.]
his .......... and <846 2532> [they also.]
looking <2212> [seeking.]
Rabbi <4461> [Rabbi.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
you are looking for <2212> [Ye seek.]
[Labour not. or, Work not.]
food ....... food <1035> [the meat.]
remains ....... which <3588 3306 3739> [which endureth.]
which ... Son <3588 3739 5207> [which the.]
For ........... on him <1063 5126> [for him.]
What <5101> [What.]
This <5124> [This.]
what ................ What <5101> [What.]
we may see <1492> [see.]
ancestors <3962> [fathers.]
He gave <1325> [He gave.]
Moses <3475> [Moses.]
true <228> [the true.]
comes down <2597> [cometh.]
all the time <3842> [evermore.]
comes <2064> [he that cometh.]
will ... go hungry <3983 3364> [never hunger.]
that <3754> [That.]
whom .............. comes <3739 2064> [that.]
will come <2240> [shall.]
I will ... send <1544> [I will.]
I have come down <2597> [I came.]
not <3756> [not.]
this <5124> [this.]
he has given <1325> [given.]
I should ... lose <622> [I should.]
but <235> [but.]
looks <2334> [seeth.]
and believes ........ and <1161 2532 4100> [and believeth.]
I will raise ... up <1473 450> [I will.]
began complaining <1111> [murmured.]
Do ... complain <1111> [Murmur.]
No one <3762> [man.]
<3362> [except.]
draws <1670> [draw.]
written <1125> [written.]
And ............ and <2532 2071> [And they.]
all ...... Everyone <3956> [Every.]
anyone <5100> [any.]
has seen ........... he has seen <3778 3708> [he hath.]
believes <4100> [He that.]
ancestors <3962> [fathers.]
and they died <2532 599> [and are.]
bread <740> [the bread.]
<3363> [that.]
living .............. he will live <2198> [living.]
bread ............ bread ....... bread <740 1161> [and the bread.]
This was one of the things which the Jews expected from the Messiah, as we learn from Midrash Koheleth. "Rabbi Berechiah, in the name of Rabbi Issac said, As was the first Redeemer, so also shall be the latter. The first Redeemer made manna descend from heaven, as it is said in Ex 16:4, 'And I will rain bread from heaven for you.' So also the latter Redeemer shall make manna descend, as it is said, Ps 72:16, 'There shall be a handful of corn in the earth.' etc."
my flesh <3450 4561> [my flesh.]
life <2222> [the life.]
began to argue <3164> [strove.]
How <4459> [How.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
<3362> [Except.]
you eat <5315> [eat.]
eats <5176> [eateth.]
has <2192> [hath.]
food <1035> [meat.]
eats <5176> [He that.]
resides <3306> [dwelleth.]
living ....... live ............ will live <2198> [the living.]
living ..... and I live ............ will live <2198 2504> [I live.]
one <2548> [even.]
in ... synagogue in <1722 4864> [in the.]
of his ................. it <1537 846> [of his.]
Spirit ....................... spirit <4151> [the spirit.]
human nature <4561> [the flesh.]
words <4487> [the words.]
<1526> [there.]
For <1063> [For.]
that no one <3754 3762> [that no.]
his .......... him <846> [of his.]
You ... want <2309> [Will.]
to whom <4314 5101> [to whom.]
You have <2192> [thou hast.]
We have come to believe <2249 4100> [we believe.]
<2198> [the living.]
choose <1586> [Have.]
and ... one <2532 1520> [and one.]
devil <1228> [a devil.]
for <1063> [for.]
<5607> [being.]
traveled throughout .... stayed out <4043> [A.M. 4037. A.D. 33. walked.]
Judea <2449> [Jewry.]
Jewry, or Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, contained the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, and Dan, being bounded on the north by the village Annach or Dorceus, on the borders of Samaria; on the south by a village called Jarda in Arabia; and extending in breadth from the river Jordan to Joppa and the Mediterranean, having Jerusalem in its centre.
because <3754> [because.]
brothers <80> [brethren.]
Leave <3327> [Depart.]
no one <3762> [there.]
show <5319> [shew.]
My time .......... at any opportunity <1699 2540> [My time.]
world <2889> [world.]
but <1161> [but.]
because ....... that <3754> [because.]
go up ...... I am not going up ......... not yet <305 1473 3768> [I go not.]
then <5119> [then.]
not <3756> [not.]
Jewish leaders <2453> [Jews.]
grumbling <1112> [murmuring.]
Some <3303> [some.]
He deceives <4105> [deceiveth.]
spoke <2980> [spake.]
half over <3322> [the midst.]
temple courts <2411> [the temple.]
were astonished <2296> [marvelled.]
How <4459> [How.]
<1121> [letters. or, learning.]
My ..... from me <1699> [My.]
but <235> [but.]
who speaks <2980> [that speaketh.]
desires to receive honor ....... desires ... honor <2212 1391> [seeketh his glory.]
Hasn't <3756> [not.]
not one <3762> [yet.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
You're possessed <2192> [Thou.]
I performed <4160> [I have.]
practice of circumcision <4061> [circumcision.]
law of Moses is ... broken <3363 3551 3475 3089> [that the law of Moses should not be broken. or, without breaking the law of Moses.]
I made <4160> [I have made.]
Rather, "I have healed a whole man" [holos <\\See definition 3650\\> anthropos <\\See definition 444\\>,] and not the circumcised member only. This reasoning was in perfect accordance with the principles of the Jews. So Tanchuma, "Circumcision, which is performed on one of the 248 members of man, vacates the sabbath; how much more the whole body of a man!"
residents of Jerusalem <2415> [of Jerusalem.]
he is speaking <2980> [he speaketh.]
know <1097> [Do.]
we know <1492> [we know.]
no one <3762> [no man.]
me <2504> [Ye both.]
and ....... And I have ... come <2532 2064> [and I.]
<3739> [whom.]
I ..... I have come <1473 1510> [I.]
because <3754> [for.]
they tried <2212> [they.]
but <2532> [but.]
believed <4100> [believed.]
Whenever <3752> [When.]
Pharisees heard ............... Pharisees <191 5330> [Pharisees heard.]
sent <649> [sent.]
longer <2089> [Yet.]
dispersed <1290> [the dispersed.]
Greeks ..... Greeks <1672> [Gentiles. or, Greeks. teach.]
mean <3056> [manner.]
You will look for <2212> [Ye shall.]
last <2078> [the last.]
and shouted out ........... and <1161 2532 2896> [and cried.]
If <1437> [If.]
let him come <2064> [let.]
<4095> [drink.]
believes <4100> [He that.]
From <1537> [out.]
he said this <5124 2036> [this spake.]
for <1063> [for.]
was .... glorified <1392> [glorified.]
about <4012> [Of.]
No <3361> [Shall.]
<3780> [not.]
where <3699> [where.]
no one <3762> [no man.]
officers <5257> [the officers.]
No one ever <3763> [Never.]
been deceived <4105> [Are.]
had gone <2064> [he that.]
Jesus ......... rulers <846> [to Jesus. Gr. to him.]
aren't <3361> [Art.]
Investigate carefully <2045> [Search.]
Early in the morning <3722> [early.]
and ... sat down <1161 2532 2523> [and he.]
Moses <3475> [Moses.]
then <3767> [but.]
in ... attempt to trap <3985> [tempting.]
<1161> [But.]
<4364> [as though.]
replied <2036> [and said.]
guiltless <361> [He that.]
<1651> [being.]
they began to drift away <1831> [went out.]
alone <3441> [alone.]
where <4226> [where.]
not .... either <3761> [Neither.]
Go <4198> [go.]
will ... walk <4043 3364> [shall not.]
will have <2192> [shall have.]
You <4771> [Thou.]
my <3450> [yet.]
because <3754> [for.]
But <1161> [but.]
judge ...... do ... judge <2919> [judge.]
judge ..... I do ... judge <2919 1473> [I judge.]
But ................... and <2532> [yet.]
because <3754> [for.]
<1161> [also.]
that <3754> [that.]
testify .......... testifies <3140> [one.]
and <2532> [and.]
You do not know either ... or ..... you knew ... you would know <1492 3777> [Ye neither.]
If <1487> [if.]
near ... offering box ...... in <1722 1049> [in the treasury.]
I am going away ............... I am going <1473 5217> [I go.]
and ....... but will die <2532 599> [and shall die.]
Where <3699> [whither.]
Perhaps <3385> [Will.]
You .... from ..... from ... You .... from ....... from <5210 2075 1537> [Ye are from.]
You .... from ..... from ... You .... from ....... from <5210 2075 1537> [ye are of.]
I told <2036> [I said.]
For <1063> [for.]
Who <5101> [Who.]
<3748> [Even.]
I have many things <2192 4183> [have many.]
to judge <2919> [to judge.]
but <235> [but.]
<2504> [and I.]
When <3752> [When.]
Then ............ then <5119 3767> [then.]
that ..... and I do <3754 2532 4160> [and that.]
but <235> [but.]
sent <3992> [he that sent.]
because <3754> [for.]
many people <4183> [many.]
If <1437> [If.]
my ...... my disciples <1699 3450 3101> [my disciples.]
you will know <1097> [ye shall.]
and ...... truth and ... truth <2532 225> [and the.]
<2070> [We be.]
and have ... been ... slaves <2532 1398> [and were.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
everyone <3956> [Whosoever.]
slave <1401> [the servant.]
son <5207> [but.]
I know <1492> [know.]
But <235> [but.]
that ............ because <3754> [because.]
am telling <2980> [speak.]
Abraham .......... Abraham's .......... Abraham <11> [Abraham.]
If <1487> [If.]
now <3568> [now.]
a man <444> [a man.]
this <5124> [this.]
are doing <4160> [do.]
We were ... born <2249 1080> [We be.]
We have <2192> [we have.]
If <1487> [If.]
for <1063> [for.]
not <3761> [neither.]
you understand <1097> [do.]
don't ............ cannot <3756> [ye cannot.]
<2075> [are.]
and ................. and does ... uphold .......................... and <2532 2476> [and abode.]
Whenever <3752> [When.]
can prove ... guilty <1651> [convinceth.]
<1302> [why.]
replied ..... in saying <3004> [Say.]
you <4771> [thou.]
I am not possessed by <1473 2192 3756> [I have not.]
but <235> [but.]
I am not trying to get ......... demands <1473 2212 3756> [I seek not.]
<2076> [there.]
if <1437> [If.]
obeys <5083> [keep.]
he will ... see <2334> [see.]
Now <3568> [Now.]
Abraham <11> [Abraham.]
he will ... experience <1089> [taste.]
You ... greater than <4771 3187> [thou greater.]
Who <5101> [whom.]
If <1437> [If.]
<2076> [it is.]
you ... say <5210 3004> [ye say.]
you do not know ............... not <1097 3756> [ye have not.]
but ....................... But <1161 235> [but.]
<2071> [shall.]
Yet .................................. and I obey <2532 5083> [and keep.]
overjoyed <21> [rejoiced.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
before <4250> [Before.]
That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the past tense, from its being in answer to the Jews, who enquired whether he had seen Abraham, and from its being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at it to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to and Lord of all the patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before the creation, and that the creation was effected by his ministry.
they picked up <142> [took.]
but <1161> [but.]
he saw <1492> [he saw.]
who <5101> [who.]
Neither .... nor <3777> [Neither.]
but <235> [but.]
must <1163> [must.]
as long as <2193> [while.]
As long as <3752> [long.]
I am ..... I am <5600 1510> [I am.]
Our Lord here claims one of the titles given by the Jews to the Divine Being. So in Bammidbar Rabba, 15, fol. 229.1, "The Israelites said to God, O Lord of the universe, thou commandest us to light lamps to thee, yet thou art the light of the world." It was also a title of the Messiah (see Isa 49:6; 60:1;) and in a remarkable passage of Yalkut Rubeni, fol. 6, it is said on Ge 1:4, "From this we learn that the holy and blessed God saw the light of the Messiah, and his works, before the world was created; and reserved it for the Messiah, and his generation, under the throne of his glory. Satan said to the holy and blessed God, For whom dost thou reserve that light which is under the throne of thy glory? God answered, For him who shall subdue thee, and overwhelm thee with confusion. Satan rejoined, Lord of the universe, shew that person to me. God said, Come, and see him. When he saw him, he was greatly agitated, and fell upon his face, saying, Truly this is the Messiah, who shall cast me and idolaters into hell."
he spat <4429> [he spat.]
mud with ....... mud ...... eyes <4081 1537 3788 2025> [anointed the eyes of the blind with the clay. or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man.]
Go <5217> [Go.]
pool <2861> [the pool.]
[Siloah.]
[Shiloah.]
sent <649> [Sent.]
and ...................... and ... and came back <2532 2064> [and came.]
used to sit <2521> [sat.]
man <444> [A man.]
Where <4226> [Where.]
Pharisees <5330> [the Pharisees.]
This man .................. a man <3778 444> [This man.]
<2076> [He is.]
because <3754> [because.]
would be <1096> [he should.]
He is <2192> [He is.]
Promise <1325> [Give.]
We know <2249 1492> [we know.]
sinner <268> [a sinner.]
one thing <1520> [one.]
I told <2036> [I have.]
They heaped insults <3058> [they.]
<1161> [but.]
know ......... do ... know <1492> [know.]
<1161> [as for.]
We know ......... do not know <2249 1492 3756> [we know not.]
<1722> [herein.]
and ... he caused <2532 455> [and yet.]
We know <1492> [we know.]
if anyone <1437 5100> [if any.]
and does <2532 4160> [and doeth.]
him <5127> [him.]
Never before <1537> [Since.]
It is worthy of remark, that, from the foundation of the world, no person born blind had been restored to sight, even by surgical operation, till about the year 1728; when the celebrated Dr. Cheselden, by couching the eyes of a young man fourteen years of age, restored them to perfect vision. This was the effect of well-directed surgery; that performed by Christ was wholly a miracle, effected by the power of God. The simple means employed could have had no effect in this case, and were merely employed as symbols.
Never before <165> [the world.]
<2258> [were.]
were born <1080> [wast.]
You ....... and ... you ...... So <2532 4771> [and dost.]
and ........ So they threw <2532 1544> [And they.]
they threw him out <846 1854 1544> [cast him out. or, excommunicated him.]
so he found <2532 2147> [and when.]
Do ... believe <4100> [Dost.]
Son <5207> [the Son.]
who <5101> [Who.]
You have seen <3708> [Thou.]
Lord <2962> [Lord.]
For ...... into <1519> [For.]
who do ... see may gain ... sight ...... see <991> [that they.]
may become <1096> [might be.]
not <3361> [Are.]
If <1487> [If.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
who does ... enter <1525> [He.]
<1565> [the same.]
enters <1525> [he that.]
shepherd <4166> [the shepherd.]
doorkeeper <2377> [the porter.]
sheep ......... sheep <4263> [the sheep.]
and ....... He ........ and <2532 2564> [and he.]
and ....... He ........ and leads ... out <2532 1806> [and leadeth.]
he goes <4198> [he goeth.]
because <3754> [for.]
they did not understand <1565 1097 3756> [they understood not.]
sheep <4263> [the sheep.]
came <2064> [came.]
but <235> [but.]
door <2374> [the door.]
enters ........ and will come in and .... and <2532 1525> [and shall.]
thief <2812> [thief.]
comes ......... I have come <1473 2064> [I am.]
abundantly <4053> [more abundantly.]
good .... good <2570> [the good.]
lays down <5087> [giveth.]
<5607> [he that.]
wolf coming ........... wolf <3074 2064> [the wolf coming.]
is not concerned <1161 3199 3756> [careth not.]
good <2570> [good.]
I know ....... know <1097> [know.]
am ..... I know ....... know <1510 1097> [am.]
just as <2531> [As.]
and I ..... and I lay down <2504 2532 5087> [and I.]
other <243> [other.]
<2548> [them.]
they will listen <191> [they shall.]
there will be <1096> [there.]
one .... one shepherd <3391 4166 1520> [one shepherd.]
No one <3762> [man.]
but <235> [but.]
<5026> [This.]
He is possessed <2192> [He hath.]
Why <5101> [why.]
cannot <3361> [Can.]
in ..... in Solomon's <1722 4672> [in Solomon's.]
How long <2193> [How.]
will you keep us in suspense ........ us <2257 5590 2254 142> [make us to doubt. or, hold us in suspense. If.]
I told <2036> [I told.]
deeds <2041> [the works.]
<1063> [because.]
sheep <4263> [sheep.]
and I <2504> [and I.]
and they follow <2532 190> [and they.]
they will ... perish <622> [they.]
and <2532> [neither.]
<3739> [which.]
many <4183> [Many.]
For <1223> [for.]
but <235> [but.]
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